Curtain-fixture



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1M. L. NIX & s. MQOLELLAND.

Curtain Fixture.

Patented May 24,1881.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MANNING L. NIX AND STEPHEN MOOLELLAND, OF PARIS, TEXAS.

CURTAIN-FIXTURE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 242,024, dated May 24, 1881.

Application filed March 7, 1881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that we,M. L. N 1x and STEPHEN MCGLELLAND, citizens of the United States, resident at Paris, in the county of Lamar and State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Curtain-Fixtures; and we do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 is a representation of a front view, and Figs. 2 and 3 are detail views.

This invention relates to improvements in curtain-fixtures.

The invention consists in a fixture of rubber to receive the end of the roller, as hereinafter set forth, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the annexed drawings, A represents the top of a window-casing.

B isthe'fixture to receive the end of the roller. This fixture is made of rubber, and has the attaching-flanges b I) and the hole 0 for the end of the roller. This may be made with its flanges solid, or one flange, b, may be made in two pieces, one, (I, for attachment, the other, 0, having a set-screw, O, passing therethrough for taking up the wear.

(No model.)

D is a roller carrying the curtain, its journalf entering hole a. At its other end, f, there may be a fixture similar to B, or made of metal. There is a groove, g, formed near one end of the roller, and E is a cord attached at one end to the roller at groove g. As the curtain is pulled down the cord winds around the roller, so as to roll up the curtain when desired. The friction of the end of the roller in fixture B holds the former at any desired position, and as the rubber wears it can be readily tightened by means of the set-screw.

Instead of making a large fixture, the latter, B, may be held off from the casing by interposed blocks, or ametal frame for holding the flanges in place.

The rubber may be pure or vulcan zed, as desired.

What we claim is In a curtain-fixture, the rubber fixture B, having flange I), the hole 0, and the flange b, composed of the parts 01 and e, provided with the set-screw O, in combination with the roller D, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof We aflixour signatures in presence of two Witnesses.

MANNING L. NIX. STEPHEN MOCLELLAND. Witnesses:

T. A. FULLER, G. W. CARTER. 

